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September 2024 Mealtime Memo: Lactose Intolerance and Milk Allergies Do you have children in your program who can’t drink milk? While the reasons a child cannot drink milk may vary, it is important to properly accommodate the child’s diet while participating in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). This Mealtime Memo will explain the difference between lactose intolerance and a milk allergy and discuss how to accommodate children with these disabilities. Download this helpful PDF from the Institute of Child Nutrition. Document
Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children The Sesame Street workshop has launched Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children, featuring a new character with autism, resources for families of children with autism, and The AMAZING Song, which celebrates young children with diverse abilities. The nationwide initiative was developed with input from parents, people who serve the autism community, and people with autism. It offers families ways to overcome common challenges and simplify everyday activities, while also fostering an affirming narrative around autism for all families and kids. Document
Sesame Street in Communities - Making Healthy Food Choices Here is a list of resources compiled by the Head Start National Center on Health, Behavioral Health, and Safety. Document
Sesame Street in Communities: Eating Well "Teaching kids to eat healthy is easier than you might think. A balanced diet involves eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables, planning easy and healthy meals, and buying or preparing budget-friendly foods and snacks." Here are some great ideas from our friends at Sesame Street.
Setting Up Activity Areas Setting up activity areas is the second step in setting up the environment for infants and toddlers. Tipsheet
Setting Up the Environment to Meet the Physical Needs of All Children: Part One Priscilla Weigel and special guest Vicki Thrasher Cronin discuss a child care setting that needed help with providing more physical activity and space for the children in their care. This three part series walks through the process of transformation.  Part 1 of this series focuses on the need for this group of children to participate in more rough and tumble play and how the process of creating these opportunities began. Podcast
Setting Up the Environment to Meet the Physical Needs of All Children: Part Three Priscilla Weigel and Vicki Thrasher Cronin end this series with an overview of ways to support parents understanding of their child"s temperament and learning style and how more activity infused through the day can be beneficial.  They also discuss building that supportive relationship with parents and how they can help facilitate positive change long term through referral and evaluation. Podcast
Setting Up the Environment to Meet the Physical Needs of All Children: Part Two Priscilla Weigel and Vicki Thrasher Cronin continue their discussion of providing more physical movement by discussing what was needed to change the existing space and how the whole center helped make this idea a reality. Podcast
Seven Strategies for Building an Accepting and Inclusive Environment Highlights how early care and education professionals can create an environment in which all children have a sense of belonging. Tipsheet
Share the love in February; It's National Children's Dental Health Month Here is a video from the National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness that offers tips on how to help improve children's oral health.
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